Florão White 2025

Florão White

2025

The Florão Red and White represent the most approachable wine style from the Fonte Souto estate, made with all the attention to detail and care of the other estate wines, but with a more youthful profile intended for drinking young. Their freshness, balance and structure clearly identify them as wines born of the unique Fonte Souto terroir.

Rainfall in the Alentejo was lower than in 2023 and 2024, though generous winter and spring rains ensured good water reserves. Summer temperatures were above average but less severe than in the Douro, with Fonte Souto’s altitude providing welcome relief. For the first time, we harvested some white grapes at night to preserve freshness, and the results were excellent. Despite smaller berries and bunches, the grapes reached complete ripeness with superb balance. Whites show great acidity, freshness, and aromatic precision; reds are well-structured with mature tannins and deep colour. 2025 has produced another set of very fine wines at Fonte Souto, both white and red, with lively profiles and promising ageing potential.

The 207-hectare Quinta da Fonte Souto was acquired by the Symington family in 2017 and is their first vineyard outside the Douro. Lying on the slopes of the São Mamede Range at an altitude of 500 metres in the Alentejo sub-region of Portalegre, the property benefits from cooler and wetter conditions than the hot Alentejo plain. The Fonte Souto wines express the freshness and elegance provided by the altitude, as well as the structure and complexity from the estate’s extensive collection of mature, low-yielding vines.

Quinta da Fonte Souto

Florão

Alentejo Wine

Regional Alentejano White

Regional Alentejano Prm White

Charles Symington, Pedro Correia and Ricardo Constantino.

Quinta da Fonte Souto, Portalegre

75% Arinto, 25% Verdelho

13 %

6.2 g/l (tartaric acid)

0.4 g/l

2025

4 months in vats, with no contact with wood, and with oxygen exposure minimised throughout the process to preserve aromatic freshness and highlight the primary aromas.

0.26 g/l (acetic acid)

3.35

The hand-picked grapes are placed in small, shallow boxes and taken to the on-site winery. Manual sorting is followed by destemming and gentle crushing after which the grapes are transferred to a pneumatic press for a light pressing. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats at low temperatures in order to conserve the wine’s aromatic expression. The start of malolactic fermentation is prevented, thus ensuring the wine’s crisp, fresh character.

Aromas of mango and peach with delicate vanilla notes and a very fresh floral component, revealing white flower fragrances. The palate offers a combination of herbal touches and flavours of white fruit – pear and apricot. The breezy acidity provides a crisp, fresh finish — a signature of the vineyards at altitude on the slopes of the São Mamede range.

Ready to drink but will develop favourably in bottle for a further 2 to 3 years.

Contains sulphites.

Yes

Yes

77 Kcal/100 ml